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Objectivizing Subjectivity : Person Deixis and the Constitution of Dialogic Identity (with an Example of German Discourse Data)

In this chapter, it is argued that the constitution and management of dialogic identity (in the sense of temporary, potentially persistent discourse roles) is essentially based on the use of person deixis. A method of analysing and describing this process is presented and illustrated by a segment of German discourse. First, the basic concept of dialogic identity is described, the category that the analysis is ultimately interested in. After an introduction of the notions of subjectivity and objectivity used, the function of the category person is introduced and related to the notion of positioning. It is shown that the category of person in discourse is central to the construction of discourse identity, and the procedure of analysing it is laid out. The chapter concludes with a summary of the theoretical argumentation and the analysis and with some hypotheses concerning the cross-linguistic validity of the presented concepts.

Identity, dialogic identity, subjectivity, person deixis, discourse roles

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